The Kings are set to begin the defense of their Stanley Cup title against the Chicago Blawkhawks on Jan. 19 with the player lockout apparently resolved (the players still have to approve of the deal). The Kings made this nice video in the off-season promoting Metro as a good way [continue reading]
Here’s the advisory from Metro: Metro work crews will conduct system maintenance on Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles, impacting both the Metro Blue Line and Expo Line. The work will begin at 9 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 29, and continue into the morning hours of operation on Sunday, Dec. 30. [continue reading]
UPDATE: Dec. 22, 2012 at 6 a.m.> System maintenance on Blue, Expo lines completed ahead of schedule. Trains are running normal operations with no residual delays. ^GA Here’s the service alert and media advisory from Metro — this will impact those returning home from the Clippers game on Friday night: [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. TAP coming to the Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica Lookout) Very good news obviously [continue reading]
Welcome to Twitter Tuesday, our roundup of the latest Metro related tweets. To get our attention, add the #MetroLosAngeles tag to your tweets and subscribe to our feed if you haven’t already. For specific complaints and customer service, please use the Customer Comment Form on metro.net. If you are having problems [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Blue, Expo Line delays reflect ongoing problems at rail junction (L.A. Times) Tuesday night’s [continue reading]
UPDATE, 7:24: Normal service was restored about 20 minutes ago. There are residual delays. Thank you for your patience and patronage. We know this was a tough commute tonight. UPDATE, 6:40 P.M.: Metro Blue Line and Metro Expo Line are experiencing major service delays in the downtown area of up [continue reading]
Below are the October ridership statistics for Metro. Numbers were up across the board when compared to the previous two Octobers. Here are the comparisons month-to-month numbers — it looks like record months for the Orange Line, Silver Line, Blue Line and the newly-opened Expo Line. Bus – Directly Operated [continue reading]
Here’s the latest Metro ridership estimates for September 2012. The Blue Line and Orange Line set ridership records in September while the new Expo Line went north of 20,000 average weekday boardings for the first time. Bus ridership is slightly up over the past two Septembers. Bus Ridership Estimates Bus [continue reading]
Pico Station Improvements staff report Interesting item that will be heard in the Board of Director’s Finance committee on Wednesday afternoon (1 p.m., Metro Board Room, 3rd floor) on a proposed agreement with AEG to add a second platform to the Blue and Expo lines’ Pico Street station (pdf download [continue reading]
